Welcome: Raccoon lives the easy life

Spring has arrived, although it has not really felt like it. The birds at my house act like it is the middle of winter. They are going through a lot of sunflower seeds.

By marilyn HagamanCorrespondent

Spring has arrived, although it has not really felt like it. The birds at my house act like it is the middle of winter. They are going through a lot of sunflower seeds. We have come to expect raccoons or opossums as nightly visitors to our back porch. No cat chow or table scraps ever go to waste at our house. Recently a very old looking, battle scarred raccoon has been coming in the early evening, eating his fill, then taking a nap in the cat bed on the porch. When it gets good and dark, he wakes up and goes about doing whatever raccoons do at night. We decided he is coming for the senior buffet since he is earlier than our other nightly visitors. Husband Gray has named him Lucky, and he looks like he is lucky to be alive with all his scars.I am looking forward to dying Easter eggs with grandsons Carter and Grayson. We usually make some Star Wars eggs. Darth Vader is my specialty. Usually my fingers are green, blue and purple for quite a while afterwards. Civitan groups hold joint meeting The Welcome Civitan Club met on March 21 at North Davidson High School, for a joint meeting with the North Davidson High School Junior Civitan Club. The Junior Civitans prepared the meal for the Senior Club and also presented a program of skits depicting the Junior Club's assistance to the Senior Club's fundraising project at the Davidson County Agricultural Fair. On March 24 the Welcome Club helped sponsor the annual Welcome Easter Parade. Longtime member Bud Hayes served as the grand marshall of this year's edition of the parade. The community is reminded of the Welcome Club's annual fundraiser of the dinner/raffle to be held at North Davidson High School on May 11. The grand prize will be $3,000, and 20 $50 prizes will be given away along with other prizes. Tickets are $100 per couple and may be purchased from any club member. The club also notes, with great sadness, the death of longtime member J.W. Leonard on March 25. He had served as president, longtime chairman of the club's Special Olympic committee, and was a faithful member of the club until a week before his death. Condolences go to Libby and all the Leonard family.Welcome Lions will host dinnerNow is the time to get your tickets for the Welcome Lions country style steak dinner. The dinner is from 5 until 7 p.m. April 13 at Center United Methodist Church in Welcome. Tickets are $10. All tickets are pre-sold and are available from any member, New Bridge Bank in Welcome or Bank of North Carolina in Welcome. The dinner will be at Center United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 186 Center Church Road in Welcome. Welcome Lions are also working on a golf tournament at Lexington Municipal Golf Course on May 10. Members are looking for hole sponsors, teams and door prizes. There will be a "tournament within a tournament" for teams with two Lions members. Contact Vaughn Black at 731-8729 for more information. All funds raised from the public go to help with needs of the blind and of the community.Scouts help others 'bridge over'Troop 238 Boy Scouts Andrew Coppley, Brett Dorwart, Corey Crotts, Garret Richardson, Joey White, Mason Hamilton, Samuel Wooten and Taylor Aldridge assisted Pack 238 Cub Scouts with its annual Blue and Gold Banquet on March 2. They were there to bridge over the Webelos II boys from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. Troop 238 Boy Scouts Brett Dorwart, Christopher Bryan, Cole Howard, Dalton Byrd, Eric McCrary and Sam Wooten attended the Charlotte Checkers' Ice Hockey game on March 9. Bethesda UMC plans sunrise serviceBethesda United Methodist Church will have Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with breakfast to follow. Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and the worship service will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center. The church is having a youth concert on April 19. Christian recording artist and inspirational speaker "Crucial" will be performing at Bethesda UMC, located at 2922 Bethesda Road. Doors open at 7:30, and the show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free.Easter services are plentiful in communityBeulah United Church of Christ will have an Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday. The sunrise service will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall. The Easter worship service will be held at 10:45 a.m. Center UMC will have the Easter sun rise service at 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the out-of-doors chapel behind the fellowship hall. A continental breakfast will be served by the United Methodist Men at 7:15 a.m., following the service. The Easter worship service will be at 10:55 a.m. in the CFC.The congregation of Pilgrim Reformed would like to wish a happy Easter to the community. The church will have the Good Friday service at 7 tonight. This will be a time of remembrance of Jesus' death at Calvary. The Sunday morning sunrise service will begin at 7 in the sanctuary with breakfast to follow in the fellowship hall. The youth group will have a yard sale on April 20, and they would like for the congregation to start gathering items for them to sell. Please price all items before bringing them. More information will be provided in the April 12 column. The Rev. Kent leads a prayer group in the church parlor at noon each Monday. Everyone is invited to bring your concerns or praises and join in prayer, or just ask that others pray for you while you sit silently.

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